Goldman Sachs isn’t running for president.
But the New York-based investment behemoth has lately drawn fire in connection with presidential hopefuls Ted Cruz and Hillary Clinton.
IN CONTEXT: Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders on Goldman Sachs
Contrary to a Ted Cruz declaration, it may be too close to call whether he outpaces Hillary Clinton in national polls while Donald Trump does not.
Here's a quick peek at the latest head-to-head polling -- Cruz v. Clinton and Trump v. Clinton.
NEW: We scope out federal reporting requirements per Cruz's campaign loans of 2012.
Donald Trump last week said Ted Cruz has had a "double passport."
We found no evidence for that, rating Trump's claim False.
MOSTLY TRUE: Ted Cruz says it's always been that babies born to U.S. citizens abroad are citizens from birth.
Donald Trump offered up video shot in Morocco in a TV ad about his vow to stop unauthorized people from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
For Ted Cruz, the Texan bidding for president, this year could be huge.
See his Truth-O-Meter report card.
Warm up with his trio of True claims...
Smoke streamed from some of our most-clicked fact checks of 2015--including the Pants on Fire rating smacked onto a ridiculous Rush Limbaugh claim that Austin was banning barbecue restaurants.
Just ahead, our 10 most-clicked fact checks of 2015...
Drawing laughter, Ted Cruz improbably brought up horse thieves, Democrats and a Franklin D. Roosevelt ancestor in talking about Donald Trump.
It looks like the line came up before when the president’s mother, whose father was a staunch Republican, was courted by a Democrat before they were wedded in 1880.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio put energy into making claims about Texas Sen. Ted Cruz's record during the Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas aired by CNN--and Cruz fired back.
At issue: Cruz's established positions on how to address immigrants living in the country without legal permission and his votes on defense spending and national security measures. Cruz, in turn, brought up Rubio's past advocacy of a bipartisan immigration plan and what the Texan characterized as Rubio's alignment with Democrats on foreign affairs.
We'll be reviewing all that was said to see what might merit a fact check.
During the debate, PolitiFact in Washington, D.C. had this blog on what the candidates were getting right or wrong. To see news coverage of the debate, go to the Austin American-Statesman's website.
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Texan Ted Cruz was incorrect, we concluded, when he said the federal government has been trying to force schools to let boys shower with little girls.
But it’s also the case that how an anti-discrimination law applies to transgender students continues to be debated and fought out in court.
Our check of Ted Cruz’s claim about the shrinking Democratic Party won November.
It proved our most-read fact check in the month, based on online clicks.
See Ted Cruz’s PolitiFact file--chocked with 60-plus fact checks.
Footnote: Our No. 1 most-viewed fact check of October concerned a Republican legislator’s tweet about Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders--and Hitler’s Germany. See Bernie Sanders' Truth-O-Meter report card.